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Aurora Sauceda
Arizona State University
PPE 310
English Language Arts Writing
5th grade Arizona college and career ready standards
Arizona ELA Common
Core State Standards

Essential Skills and

Understandings: I can...

Write
informative/explanat
ory texts to examine
a topic and convey
ideas and information
clearly.

I can write information to

examine sleep habits and
convey ideas and information
clearly in a paragraph.

(5.W.2)

Instructional Strategies:

Mini Lesson 1
Sub-Objectives:
Why sleep is important
Write in complete
sentences
Write at least 5 sentences
explaining what you
learned about sleep based
on the infograph
Materials:
Sleep Infograph
Lined Paper to write

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response
http://infographicsmania.com/all
-about-sleep/

English Language Arts Speaking and Listening

5th grade Arizona college and career ready standards
Arizona ELA Common
Core State Standards

Essential Skills and

Understandings: I can...

Engage effectively in
a range of
collaborative
discussions (oneon
one, in groups, and
teacherled) with
diverse partners on
grade 5 topics and
texts, building on
others ideas and
expressing their own
clearly.

I can have a collaborative

discussion with my group
about what I can do to
conserve energy.

Instructional Strategies:

Mini Lesson 2
Sub-Objectives:
Take notes on video
Listen to others ideas
Express my own ideas
clearly
Materials:
BrainPop Video
Poster Board
Markers
https://www.brainpop.com/science
/energy/conservingenergy/

(5.SL.1)

English Language Arts Speaking and Listening

5th grade Arizona college and career ready standards
Arizona ELA Common
Core State Standards

Essential Skills and

Understandings: I can...

Instructional Strategies:

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Explain the
relationships or
interactions between
two or more
individuals, events,
ideas, or concepts in
a historical, scientific,
or technical text
based on specific
information in the
text. (5.RI.3)

I can explain the relationship

between bad eating habits
and obesity based on the
reading using specific
information from the text.

Mini Lesson 3
Sub-Objectives:
Healthy eating
Materials:
Reading passage The
Truth About Weight
Follow Up question
worksheet

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The curriculum map I used is from Sunset Elementary in the
Washington School District. These lessons were created for the 5th
grade class that I student teach in. The homeroom class has 25
students that stay for reading then they switch and my mentor teaches
the entire 5th grade students math.

Sleep

(5.W.2) Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a

topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
First the teacher will hand out a copy of the sleep infograph
to each student. The first paragraph they will read aloud as a
class. We will discuss what the paragraph talked about and why it
is important to know. Then they will have 3 minutes to read the
rest of the infograph on their own in silence. Ask them why it is
important to sleep. Ask how many hours of sleep do they get and
is it enough according to the chart? What 3 things did they learn
about sleeping that they did not already know? What did they
find interesting?
Have them talk about these questions as a group. In order
to make sure every one gets a chance to talk start with one
student in each group and set a timer for 30 seconds. That way

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each student in the group gets 30 seconds to answer the

questions to the group and discuss what they learned. Once they
have finished their discussions have one person from each group
of desks share what they talked about.
Then have each student get out a piece of lined paper so
they can write their responses down. They will need to write 5
sentences answering the questions asked using information
directly from the infograph. Each sentence needs to be a
complete sentence with proper formatting. When they finish their
paragraph they turn it into the reading bin then read a book
quietly while they wait.
Sustainability Conserving Energy
(5.SL.1) Engage effectively in a range of collaborative
discussions (oneonone, in groups, and teacherled) with
diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on
others ideas and expressing their own clearly.
The mini lesson this day will start with a discussion on what the
students already know about conserving energy. Then they will
watch a BrainPop video that they will need to take notes on. After
the video the students will talk in their groups about what notes

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they took down during the video. After they have a short
discussion the teacher will call on students to share what their
group discussed.
Then the teacher will hang a poster on the wall with the
title: Conserving Energy. The students one group at a time will
each come up and add one thing they learned from the video.
Each student needs to have his or her own sentence on the
poster. Then the teacher will circle the one that appears the most
and ask students why that was interesting to them.
Healthy Eating
The class will start with a short discussion on what type of
foods do they eat on a regular basis. The teacher will start a chart
on the board to keep track of food items said. Then the reading
passage, The Truth about Weight, will be passed out to the
students. Students will quickly pair up and find a place in the
room to sit to read the passage. They will have to read the whole
passage with their partner then answer the follow up questions
together.
When they are done they will turn in their packets. While
they wait for others to finish they will write a short summary of

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what they took away from the article on a sticky note then post in
on the white board. Once all the students are done with the
reading and questions the teacher will debrief about the article
by reading some of the notes students posted.